Ku-ring-gai stretches from Boundary Street near the Roseville cinema in the
south to Bobbin Head in the north, and from St Ives Showground in the east
to the Lane Cove River in the west and is made up of nine suburbs:
Roseville, Lindfield, Killara, Gordon, St Ives, Pymble, Turramurra, Warrawee
and Wahroonga.

It was amongst the earliest regions explored by the first white colonists of
New South Wales. On 15 April 1788, just over eleven weeks after the First
Fleet arrived, Governor Phillip set off from Manly Cove to try and find good
water sources and farming land. He was accompanied on his expedition by four
officers, three marines and two seamen. On the 16th they camped at a spot on
the Middle Harbour creek that is now known as Bungaroo. In doing this they
became the first white men to set foot in what is now Ku-ring-gai. The next
day they journeyed westwards for about fourteen miles, following the ridge
leading past St Ives, Pymble, Turramurra and Thornleigh. They got as far as
a point believed to be near the present day Pennant Hills.

Just as those early pioneers explored the landscape, this conference will
explore historic and genealogical themes from the past.